Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing had ever felt quite so right as finding herself in Nevil 's arms and being kissed by him . |
| 2 | It 's a very positive way of letting out pent-up aggression and far less dangerous than slashing someone across the face with your stick — and I 've got the scars to prove it . ’ |
| 3 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 4 | The company may already have a mainframe computer with a data processing department and the manager might suggest that some potentially suitable software packages be evaluated and that obtaining a ready-made package should be considerably less expensive than writing one from scratch . |
| 5 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 6 | This is obviously far more satisfactory than leaving it to a widely dispersed class of persons each of whom may lack the skill , interest and financial resources required if he is to take action on his own . |
| 7 | Chasing prey through the tree-tops is much more hazardous than pursuing them along the ground , as this raccoon-hunting puma is discovering ( below ) . |
| 8 | Alison signalled her appreciation of this pun , but took a neo-McLuhanite line herself , arguing that since actuality was the essence of the medium , watching a classic novel on television was as odd as reading it in a newspaper . |
| 9 | And getting a permit for a waste-to-energy plant is every bit as difficult as getting one for a landfill in most places . |
| 10 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |